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The Power of the Backlog
The power of the backlog is incredible in a Scrum world. If stories are the promise of a future conversation, then the mighty backlog can certainly start, end, or even influence a conversation. The...
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Talking Work Podcast: Goin’ Agile!
Give a listen to my guest spot on the Talking Work podcast on goin’ Agile. Enjoy! http://talkingwork.com/2012/03/27/episode-21-going-agile-and-effectively-communicating-with-stakeholders/
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Release Dates in Agile, Not Taboo
I’ve heard a lot lately about how it’s not-so-Agile to set release dates for major features, epics, and projects. Some are uncomfortable being given a date (mainly teams) and others are uncomfortable...
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Agile / Lean at Savings.com: Interview With Joe Zulli, CTO
Some of you may recall that back in June we had some big news around here … not a baby, not a wedding, but an acquisition! In June, Cox Target Media (the provider of Valpak) acquired Savings.com, a...
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Agile Halloween Tribute: Top 10 Things That Scare The Hell Out of Me
No large-scale Agile transformation is ever easy and Valpak is no different. Day in and day out I see things that scare the hell out of me. With that, I have for you the top 10 things that scare the...
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Roastin’ Agile: 1st Anniversary of Agile at Valpak
October 2012 marked the 1st anniversary of Agile here at Valpak. It was October 17th of 2011 that we started Sprint #1 across multiple Scrum teams and haven’t stopped sprinting since. In recognition...
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The Sprint Review Rut
After a full year of back-to-back sprinting here at Valpak , the teams fell into a Sprint Review rut. It’s my job to coach, inspire and motivate them right out of that rut. So, here’s the approach I...
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I’m Agile! Now what?
We here at Valpak are 1 year and 3 months into our Agile journey (not a destination, but a journey indeed). We’ve transformed and scaled from 6 Scrum teams and 4 Kanban teams (October 2011 was Sprint...
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“Agile just doesn’t work for us”
I bet I grabbed your attention with that title. Before you proceed on, please be warned that this post is definitely more of a rant. But, if you can’t occasionally rant on your own blog, then what’s...
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Valpak’s First Ever Hackathon, Made Possible By Agile
With over a year and a half into our Agile journey here at Valpak, now was the right time for our first ever hackathon. So, hack we did! Since we were indeed hackathon virgins, we sought advise from...
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